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Ohio are highly satisfactory, and evidently all work in connexion with 

 timbered areas is carried out in the most sensible and up-to-date 

 manner. The laws of Ohio relating to forestry are both comprehensive 

 and well thought out, and must be a great aid to the successful carrying 

 out of all woodland operations.— i. D. W. 



Forest Nurseries for Schools. W. M. Moore and E. R. Jackson 

 {U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Farmers' Bull 423, p. 24; Dec. 1910; 8 plates, 

 1 tab.). — The bulletin suggests a variation for the usual school-garden 

 type of work. The authors raise objections to the exclusive use of the 

 school-garden for the raising of flowers and vegetables. One argument 

 is that plants, &c., suitable for the school-garden arrive at their most 

 interesting stages during the vacation. 



Numerous hints on the site of the plantation, selection and storage 

 of seeds, preparation of ground, testing seeds for vitality, planting, and 

 transplanting are given. Interchange of seeds of one school district 

 for seeds of another is recommended. 



A table on p. 24 gives a summary of the treatment for twenty- 

 .eight trees. — W. W. 



Forest Products, Insect Injuries to. By A. D. Hopkins 

 {U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Bur. Entom.:, Circ. 128; Dec. 1910). — Damage 

 and loss from insect injuries to telephone and telegraph poles, posts, 

 railroad ties, mine-props, and woodwork generally, can usually be 

 prevented by the adoption of proper methods of management, or of 

 treating the material with preservatives before and after it is utilized. 



If possible, nothing but heart-wood should be used for the con- 

 cealed parts in dwellings, outbuildings, bridges, &c., these parts 

 being most liable to attack. If sapwood has to be used it should be 

 treated with kerosene, coal-tar, creosote, or linseed oil. 



Damage by white ants, or termites, can be often prevented by 

 using only sound wood for underpinning foundations, and treat- 

 ing wood exposed to moist conditions with creosote, zinc-chloride, 

 corrosive sublimate, &c. — V. G. J. 



Forestry, Quarterly Journal of (vol. iv. pt. 4, vols. v. vi. 

 pt. 1, Oct. 1910, Jan., April, July, Oct. 1911, and Jan. 1912).— 

 Much information of a practical and useful kind is contained in these 

 volumes. 



" Forestry in Russia " is an able paper, from which we learn much 

 regarding the vast forests of that country and their ever-increasing 

 value to the State. How well the Evergreen Oak does in Norfolk will 

 be learned from an article on this tree as growing at Holkham, where 

 probably the finest specimens in this country are to be found. It is 

 an excellent shelter and seaside tree, and should be extensively planted 

 on exposed maritime situations. 



^ The experiment with Scots Pine seed is both interesting and 

 valuable, and all interested in forestry will look forward with interest 

 to the carefully carried out experiments that are being conducted in 



